Garment-fastener.



-' I. ROSEN.

GARMENT FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR-2. 1915.

1 170,340. v Patented Feb. 1, 1916.

THE COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH 60., WASHINGTON. D c.

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ISAAC ROSEN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y. 7

GABMENT-FASTENER.

Specification of Le tters Patent.

Patented Feb. 1, 1916.

Application filed March 2, 1915. Serial No. 11,544.

To all whom it may concernf Be it known that I, ISAAC RosEN, aci-tizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment-Fasteners, of which the following is a full, clear,

and exact specification.

This invention relates to improvements in garment-fasteners.

More particularly, this invention relates to a fastener of the kind known as a tieclasp, adapted for use in securing the inner or tying end of a four-in-hand or similar gentlemens neck-tie, to the shirt-front.

The object of the invention is to provide a neck-tie clasp of novel and improved construction, adapted to be permanently secured to the tie, and serving the double purpose of a clasp as Well as an ornament, the idea being to sell neck-ties. provided with a clasp constructed according to this invention. By securing the clasp permanently to the'neck-tie, it is not lost, and it may be manufactured so cheaply as not to materially increase the cost of a tie to which the clasp is secured.

With the above and other objects in view, which will appear hereinafter, the invention comprises the parts arranged and combined as set forth in the following specification, while reference is had to the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1, is a perspective view of a necktie, to which there is secured a clasp embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view, showing how the clasp is secured to the tie and the latter held to the edge of the shirt-front. Figs. 3 and 4 are, respectively, rear and edge views of the front clasp member. Figs. 5 and 6 are, respectively, rear and edge views of the rear clasp member.

In the drawing, the reference numeral 1 represents a neck-tie having the inner end 2 and the outer end 3. The clasp comprises two members. The outer clasp-member is marked 4, the inner clasp-member is marked 0. The outer clasp-member 4 comprises a body portion 6, preferably of some particu lar ornamental shape or design, such as an The inner clasp-member 5 comprises a relatively rigid body portion 8 and a slightly yielding jaw or clasping portion 9. The body portion is provided with apertures or slits 10 for the passage of the prongs 7, as will appear later on, and the jaw 9 is provided with somewhat larger apertures 11. Preferably, the aw 9 bulges outwardly at 12 longitudinally thereof, to impart stiffness to the jaw, which is preferably integral with the body portion 8 and bent upon the latter at 13.

Referring now more particularly to Fig. 2, the clasp is secured to the tie and the latter to the shirt, in the following manner: In this .drawing, the numeral 14 denotes the outer edge portion of the shirt and 15 is the inner edge portion. The clasp is secured to the tie by placing the two clasp-members 4 and 5 on opposite sides .of the inner tie-end 2 and forcing the prongs 7 through the fabric and the slits 10 and bending them over as shown to secure the fabric between the two clasp members. This is done before the 'jaw 9 is bent upon the body 8. Thereafter,

the jaw is bent until it lies close to the body 8, as shown in Fig. 6. After the tie is tied, the clasp is slipped over the edge of the shirt in the usual manner, and whereby the shirt edge is caught between the body 8 of the inner clasp-member and the jaw 9. The tie is now securely held to the shirt, which is pinched by the inner clasp member, and, in addition, is projected into the apertures-11 in the jaw by the turned over prongs 7, and. as is clearly shown in Fig. 2. From the front onlythe outer clasp-member 4 is ob served as seen in Figs. 1 and 2.

Quite often the clasp is not seen at all because being covered by the outer end 3 of the neck-tie, but, when the outer end is blown or moved aside, the ornamental part 4 of the clasp is seen. The inner clasp member also serves as a means to prevent wrinkling of the tie as is obvious.

The clasp as herein described and illustrated is preferably made of metal and may be struck up or punched out at a very low cost, and serves as a simple, practical and ornamental tie-clasp.

I claim:

As an article of manufacture, a neck-tie clasp, comprising an inner clasp member consisting of a relatively rigid body member provided with a plurality of apertures and a yielding jaw integral therewith and bent upon said body member to form a clasp, an member as an additional means for securing outer imperforate ornamental clasp member, the clasp to the edge of the shirt. T prongs bent up from the latter and adapted In testimony whereof, I afiix my signato pass through said apertures in said rigid ture, in presence of tWo Witnesses.

2:. body member to secure the said tie clasp ISAAC ROSEN.

to aneck-tie, said yielding jaw member lVitnesses: being further provided With apertures op- ROBERT CORN, I posite the said prongs on the outer clasp IRWIN KURTZ.

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